History Awesome / TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ..Look at me. I've become like all of you: savage, fear-ridden, selfish. An entire town of formerly good citizens turned into heartless ''freaks'', bent on their own self preservation. We've become alienated from each-other, each one of us an island onto themselves, concerned ''only'' for ourselves. And in the name of all fish-hood, I am '''not''' about to let this happen. [''rips of part of a fish's shirt and uses it as a bandanna'']. And so, if a sacrifice is needed to restore Bikini Bottom to its former glory, then '''I am willing to take one for the team.'''

* [=SpongeBob=] finding out Plankton disguised himself as Gary at the end of the film when he sees the duplicate accepting a Krabby Patty with mayonnaise, because he knows that Gary doesn't like mayonnaise.

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ..Look at me. I've become like all of you: savage, fear-ridden, selfish. A town of formerly good citizens turned into heartless ''freaks'', bent on their own self preservation. We've become alienated from each-other, each one of us an island onto themselves, concerned ''only'' for ourselves. And in the name of all fish-hood, I am '''not''' about to let this happen. [''rips of part of a fish's shirt and uses it as a bandanna'']. And so, if a sacrifice is needed to restore Bikini Bottom to it's former glory, then '''I am willing to take one for the team.'''

* Meta-Awesome: The film's animation director was [[Creator/JamesBaxter James Baxter]]. Enough Said.
* Meta: In an era where traditionally-animated films usually bomb or don't make as much as expected in the US, here comes this movie, [[note]]despite the trailers playing up the live-action and CGI scenes, the majority of the movie is animated the same way as the show.[[/note]] making $323.4 million, over four times its $74 million budget!
** Not only that, but the movie opened to $55.4 million on it's opening weekend, enough for it to take the #1 spot that weekend, and one of the biggest openings '''ever''' for the month of February.

* [=SpongeBob=] finding out Plankton disguised as Gary at the end of the film when he sees the duplicate accepting a Krabby Patty with mayonnaise, because he knows that Gary doesn't like mayonnaise.

** A little before that, he snaps at an incessantly laughing Spongebob to "zip it." He immediately does.

* Spongebob finding out Plankton disguised as Gary at the end of the film when he sees the duplicate accepting a Krabby Patty with mayonnaise, because he knows that Gary doesn't like mayonnaise.

* [=SpongeBob=]'s speech about how he's not going to let Bikini Bottom devolve into a chaotic hellhole, ending with him offering himself as as a [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]] to the "Sandwich Gods".
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ..Look at me. I've become like all of you: savage, fear-ridden, selfish. A town of formerly good citizens turned into heartless ''freaks'', bent on their own self preservation. We've become alienated from each-other, each one of us an island onto themselves, concerned ''only'' for ourselves. And in the name of all fish-hood, I am '''not''' about to let this happen. [''rips of part of a fish's shirt and uses it as a bandanna'']. And so, if a sacrifice is needed to restore Bikini Bottom to it's former glory, then '''I am willing to take one for the team.'''
** For bonus points, "The Ecstasy of Gold" from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' plays in the background.
* [=SpongeBob=] himself. For most of the later seasons, he was {{flanderiz|ation}}ed into an idiotic and annoying cuckoolander who had a stalkerish crush on Squidward to point that he was a borderline unsympathetic, but in this movie, he's tougher, nicer, braver, and even smarter. He jeopardizes his job to save Plankton, figures out they need to travel in time to save the formula, nearly sacrifices himself to save the town, knows how to find the pirate from a grease trap, and figures out how to use the lost piece of paper to turn him and his friends into superheroes. Not only that, he managed to be a cuckoolander and keep his cheerfulness without being annoying, and he was even a little snarky. If anything, this was the best portrayal of him since the first movie.
* Plankton's [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Heroes]] moment during the final battle with Burger-Beard, with him effortlessly lifting Burger-Beard's ship, and virtually saving the gang.

* Squidward gets one earlier in the film to make Krabs pay attention to him. He complains that the customers are getting restless, but Krabs can't hear him because he's blocking out [=SpongeBob=]'s laughter. Then, with a crafty smile, he mentions that the customers are asking for "refunds". This causes Krabs to tear off the headphones and pay attention.
** A little before that, he snaps at an incessantly laughing Spongebob to "zip it." He immediately does.
* Spongebob finding out Plankton disguised as Gary at the end of the film when he sees the duplicate accepting a Krabby Patty with mayonnaise, because he knows that Gary doesn't like mayonnaise.
* The gang's triumphant return from Pelican Island... as superheroes.
** Related to this, the entire climax with the gang fighting Burger Beard, along with Plankton's [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero moment]] is just really exciting to watch.
* [=SpongeBob=] standing up to Mr. Krabs and saving Plankton from the angry mob.
* The battle with Plankton at the beginning of the film, for both sides.

* Meta-Awesome: The film's animation director was [[Creator/JamesBaxter James Baxter]]. Enough Said.

* [=SpongeBob=] himself. For most of the later seasons, he was {{flanderiz|ation}}ed into an idiotic and annoying cuckoolander who had a stalkerish crush on Squidward to point that he was borderline unsympathetic, but in this movie, he's tougher, nicer, braver, and even smarter. He jeopardizes his job to save Plankton, figures out they need to travel in time to save the formula, nearly sacrifices himself to save the town, knows how to find the pirate from a grease trap, and figures out how to use the lost piece of paper to turn him and his friends into superheroes. Not only that, he managed to be a cuckoolander and keep his cheerfulness without being annoying, and he was even a little snarky. If anything, this was the best portrayal of him since the first movie.

* Burger-Beard's introduction has him effortlessly dodging traps to get to the magical book. He does get [[MegatonPunch punched straight back to his ship]] by a [[DemBones living skeleton]], but he ''still'' ends up with the book in his hands!

* Burger-Beard's introduction has him effortlessly dodging traps to get to the magical book.

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ..Look at me. I've become like all of you: savage, fear-ridden, selfish. A town of formerly good citizens turned into heartless ''freaks'', bent on their own self preservation. We've become alienated from eachother, each one of us an island onto themself, concerned ''only'' for ourselves. And in the name of all fish-hood, I am '''not''' about to let this happen. [''rips of part of a fish's shirt and uses it as a bandanna'']. And so, if a sacrifice is needed to restore Bikini Bottom to it's former glory, then '''I am willing to take one for the team.'''

* [=SpongeBob=] honestly. For most of the later seasons he devolved into an idiotic and annoying cuckoolander who had a stalkerish crush on Squidward to point where you don't sympathize with him, but in this movie, he's tougher, nicer, braver, and even a little smarter. He jeopardizes his job to save Plankton, figures out they need to travel in time to save the formula, nearly sacrifices himself to save the town, knows how to find the pirate from a grease trap, and figures out how to use the lost piece of paper to turn him and his friends into superheroes. Not only that, he managed to keep his cheerfulness without being annoying, kept his cuckoolander without it being annoying, and he even had a little deadpan snarker for some scenes. If anything this was the best portrayel of him since the first movie.
* Plankton's [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Heroes]] moment during the final battle with Burger-Beard, with him effortlessly lifting Burger-Beard's ship, and virtually saving the gang.]]
* A meta example: In an era where traditionally-animated films have been seen much less and less at the box office, and the ones that are released usually bomb or don't make as much as expected, here comes this movie, [[note]]despite the trailers playing up the live-action and CGI scenes, the majority of the movie is animated the same way as the show.[[/note]] making $323.4 million, over four times its $74 million budget!

* Squidward gets one earlier in the film to make Krabs pay attention to him. He complains that the customers are getting restless, but Krabs can't hear him because he's blocking out Spongebob's laughter. Then, with a crafty smile, he mentions that the customers are asking for "refunds". This causes Krabs to tear off the headphones and pay attention.

* Spongebob finding out Plankton [[spoiler: disguised as Gary at the end of the film when he sees the duplicate accepting a Krabby Patty with mayonnaise, because he knows that Gary doesn't like mayonnaise]].

** Related to this, the entire climax with the gang fighting Burger Beard, along with [[spoiler:Plankton's [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero moment]] ]] is just really exciting to watch.

* [=SpongeBob=] honestly. For most of the later seasons he devolved into an idiotic and annoying cuckoolander who had a stalkerish crush on Squidward to point where you don't sympathize with him, but in this movie, he's tougher, nicer, braver, and even a little smarter. He jeopardizes his job to save Plankton, figures out they need to travel in time to save the formula, nearly sacrifices himself to save the town,knows how to find the pirate from a grease trap, and figures out how to use the lost piece of paper to turn him and his friends into superheroes. Not only that, he managed to keep his cheerfulness without being annoying, kept his cuckoolander without it being annoying, and he even had a little deadpan snarker for some scenes. If anything this was the best portrayel of him since the first movie.

** For bonus points, "The Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly plays in the background.

** Not only that, but the movie opened to $55 million on it's opening weekend, one of the biggest openings '''ever''' for the month of February.

* A meta example: In an era where traditionally-animated films have been seen much less and less at the box office, and the ones that are released usually bomb or don't make as much as expected, here comes this movie, [[note]]despite the trailers playing up the live-action and CGI scenes, the majority of the movie is animated the same way as the show.[[/note]] making $321.2 million, over four times its $74 million budget!